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The move of the Dayton HAMvention has many worried about the new venue.... Questions about the needed space, parking, too much grass, handicap parking, bathrooms, holding the event in an animal barn! But not too worry, here is a video of a small tour of the grounds. I think it will work fine...

On August 20th Icom released the new IC-7610 HF and six meters transceiver. It is slated to replace the IC-7600 and incorporates features of the IC-7300 in a rig the size of the 7600. As with the IC-7300 it is a DDC/DUC transceiver with dual VFOs also has dedicated receive antenna inputs for...

$285 at Copper.... Say what you will about Copper but I have never had a bad deal, nor at H&Y! I don't deal with them all that much as of late though.... 73 mechanic

I have three.... One is the 100 watt version but is more or less a basket case. Got it in a parts box free! The other two I bid on and won from Ebay, paid about 75 for each! Both work well but the dinged up one seems to have lost it's voltage regulator. Have not the time right now to dig into...

Twice as high as the old TH-F6A.... I seen this at Dayton although the Kenwood guy would not let me touch it! Not sure of the general coverage and may not have SSB/CW. Just a guess on the price, $329 - $359 73 Rod aka mechanic

This was coming for a while.... I have attended 11 times in a row and every year I have enjoyed this more each time. The last few years the rumours have been building and it has finally happened! The venue was getting tired and not much money went into repairs, ie: in 2011 the sewage line...

Found this whilst doing some WEB surfing on radios.... Looking at some photos of the Maxlog M-8900 on the DD182003 Blog site, I zoomed in on one of the photos of a dozen or more of the M-8900 in a factory JPEG. I spied the ID 'RP-90' in the place of where it would say M-8900 and this led me to...

That is the problem with lead free solder! But thankfully it is and easy fix.... Now for the heat problem, a fan is best but some have relocated the power transistor to the heat sink area with the use of longer leads. Seems to work! Mine is working fine and I wonder what happened to these neat...

Yes, I believe it to be a D-Star for sure.... as for the size it seemed to be about the TH-D72A 73 mechanic

I bought mine at Dayton and just at the last possible minute.... we were leaving for home before noon! Had it sent to me from DX Engineering and paid 1459 with free shipping! Great radio! Receiver is very clean and hears most everything with the right antenna. I can tune my 75 meter dipole...

At Dayton 2016 I spotted this new HT by Kenwood, no name or number for it yet. The Kenwood rep would not let me hold it or even touch it! From what he said the Japanese Kenwood people brought it there just for one day, may be out for the Tokyo HAM fair in August. 73 Rod KB8DNS aka mechanic

I wish I could 'catch' one like that!

How did your 148 turn out? There was no follow up that I found. 73 mechanic

I always run power from the battery including RF chokes on each lead. This is to minimize RF from getting to the car's or truck's electrical system. Helps reduce noise introduced to the transceiver's receiver. If you run more than on radio including a "helper" or "heater" a power buss may...

Here are some useful Internet links, I am hopeful we all can add to this list! I'll add to this from time to time. Two to start off.... For the President HR-2510 and Lincoln: http://www.normsweb.com/tektips/lincoln.shtml General information from a Great CB store...

Hopefully the protective diode did it's job! As long as you had a fuse in line! Simple to replace.... mechanic

Hi SLR_65! Any chance you have some updates on the CBduino? How is your upgrade working out? Last question is are you going to Dayton this year? Rod KB8DNS aka mechanic

Most likely the Hi-O Balun, 4:1 ratio Quite a few manufactures out there for these.... mechanic

What Balun are you using? mechanic

The old base stations were lots of fun! I have a Cobra 135, a 23 channel but has a switch that allows a second crystal to be used and gives another 23 channels. The voice lock is modified to where it covers 4 to 6 channels and is modded by the use of a variable capacitor. With a D104 base mic it...